Figurative Language
Fiction Terms
Non-Fiction Terms
Random Lit. Questions
Testing
100

a comparison between two unlike things that does not use the terms "like" or "as"

What is metaphor?

100
the time, place and location of a fictional text
What is setting?
100

The type of text structure that explains certain things that happen and why they happen.

What is cause and effect?

100

What should you do when you come across an unknown word?

What is use context clues/read around the text to find its meaning?

100
When I don't know an answer, what can I do?
What is eliminate the answers I know are incorrect, flag it for review and answer it later, or take an educated guess?
200

a comparison between two unlike things that uses the words "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

200
the attitude the writer expresses in a given portion of text
What is tone?
200

A source that was written by someone who did not experience the situation. Types of this include text books, newspaper articles, biographies

What is a secondary source?

200

the way a character views the world, including their thoughts and feelings about the topic

What is perspective?

200

one thing you can do the night before to be ready for the test

What is eat a good dinner and get plenty of sleep, study, charge your laptop?

300

language that makes you imagine what something looks like or gives you a mental image.

What is imagery?

300

Telling someone the main focus of a story of passage is giving them...

What is a summary?

300

Authors use this text structure to show the order in which something took place.

What is chronological order?

300

details that directly support the author's central idea is known as _________________ details

What is supporting/key?

300

What happens if you don't show up to school on time the day of a test?

What is you have to make it up another day

400
a comparison between two unlike things that give human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
400

the insight or lesson about life or truth about the world revealed within a text

What is theme?

400

When an author is writing a text to change your mind about something or wants you to side with them

What is persuade? 

400

a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning. It is used by the writer for the sake of comparison or dramatic effect.

What is figurative language?

400

What is not permitted in the classroom on testing day?

electronic devices (cell phones, ipods, mp3s, hand held video games, calculators)

500
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
the main point the author is trying to get across in a text
What is central idea?
500

A source that was written by someone's personal experience or situation. Types of this include diaries, letters, emails, autobiographies.

What is a primary source?

500
In prose, authors split their texts into __________________, but in poetry, authors split their texts into ______________.
What are paragraphs and stanzas?
500
looking for key words, taking notes, reading directions, questions, passages and answer choices carefully
What is what you should be doing throughout the test?
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